FrogZeke - Player Report: Brendan Mull, Rule 3, Rule 4, Rule 11, ML, SOP
What’s your BYOND key?
FrogZeke
Round ID:
20873
Your character name:
Day
Accused BYOND key:
Unknown
Accused character name:
Brendan Mull
What rule(s) were broken?:
Rule 3, Rule 4, Rule 11, ML, SOP
Description of the incident:
For some background, most of the survivors made it alive or revivable by the time the marines came to their hold in cargo. One of the survivors was CLF and was killed by the marines. Due to my synth’s background in PSYOPS, the capture and interrogation of CLF is a primary objective. This resulted in my synth reviving, informing the MPs of the CLF’s status, treating, and stripping the CLF of all equipment before passing them over to the MPs to be imprisoned.
MP Brendan Mull took the survivors to processing, updating IDs. Enlisting in the USCM, I was given full access to perform my duties as survivor. De’Santa, one of the IOs, focused on interviewing the CLF prisoner and the other survivors about the events leading up to the marines’ operation. One of the survivors decided to do a jailbreak, which caused chaos on the ship, and I attempted to delay the survivors for the MPs as they were dismantling windows into the brig. The survivors ultimately escaped, but one was rearrested. It was discovered that one of the survivors was given all access.
Mull accused me of getting the survivor all access, which I said I did not and reminded him that synthetics, who are versed in ML, are incapable of violating ML which is both a IC and OCC restriction on synthetics to include synthvivors when they join the USCM.
Mull had me come to the brig for an ID change, resigning me to Mess Technician. Restricting access is on the commander as per the SOP. (This became an issue later due to there being infected personnel on the ship and a queen, though I focused on containment and assisting the CMP with the xenos on the ship with adequate personnel in medical.)
I moved to CIC to have my ID updated properly. Mull and I conversed on the MP channel as to my status and came to CIC and told me to lay down. I was zip tied and carried to the brig for giving all access to a survivor. In the brig, the SEA questioned the MP as to my detainment, and told him not to arrest me. I was put in the interrogation room to sit. I did not resist or attempt to leave as it would violate ML. The SEA came to interview me, but the chaos on the ship continued and he had to leave. There was an explosion in the brig, which I reported on both the command channel and MP channel.
Due to the amount of time in the interview room with no interaction besides the radio, I ahelped to find out what happened. The individual that gave the survivor all access was, in fact, Brendan Mull himself, who seemed surprised ICly. He was told to release me, which included him coming into the interview telling me that I was free, then he left again, leaving me for a couple more minutes. I mentioned it to him on the radio, and he told me that I would have to wait. He returned to escort me out a couple of minutes later.
Rule 3: There is a certain point that being detained without evidence becomes a problem. Interactions with MPs can be a good RP experience for everyone involved. Locking up a synthetic, that cannot change their allegiance once declared and cannot violate ML if they declare as USCM, feels like trolling. I was in the interrogation room for 15 to 20 minutes, and the majority was not interacting at all.
Rule 4: I love when people are suspicious of synthetics, it has led to some of my favorite rounds and interactions. Locking up and ignoring someone that has not been arrested in an area they cannot escape from when there are a lot of things going on they are capable of helping with is griefing the person and potentially affects others in the round.
Rule 11: To quote the wiki on the military police page, “You are held by a higher standard and are required to obey not only the server rules but the Marine Law.” Mull violated arrest procedures by detaining without evidence for a crime that was of his own doing by giving a survivor all access. The SOP states that ‘The Commander may restrict anyone from accessing any area of the ship’. To my knowledge the ACO was not contacted, and Mull took it upon himself to sentence me for something that he did. I cannot speak to the motive behind Mull’s actions, I do not know if he knew he did it or not. I know when a synth violates the synthetic guidelines, they are reported. For MPs to have all their IC and OCC protections, they, too, are held to a high standard.
Evidence:
It was a long round with a lot happening, I only have the screenshots from the end of the round showing the SEA talking to the CMP (which latejoined and was immediately in combat with xenos on the ship) and Mull.
